The leader of the "Leningrad" Sergey Shnurov prepared a solo exhibition of his paintings in St. Petersburg

The leader of the "Leningrad" Sergey Shnurov prepared a solo exhibition of his paintings in St. Petersburg
19 October 2016, Wednesday

The leader of the "Leningrad", singer and musician Sergey Shnurov preparing a solo exhibition at the St. Petersburg Museum of Modern Art "Erarta" exhibition opening dates have not been determined, he told RIA Novosti guitarist Dmitry Guguchkin.

 

"Sergei paints pictures at the exhibition, in addition to paintings, he is going to submit and other objects of his work The story with the exhibition opened in the summer, then everything has moved in the fall, is now being prepared, the exact date of the opening I can not be called.." - Guguchkina said.

Shnurov in the early 1990s he studied at the Art Restoration Lyceum. He writes paintings, which are often represented in the exhibitions. The direction in which the working musician and showman, he coined the term called "brand-realism".

 

"You could say that painting Shnurova - this is another of his project, in which it was originally invested some concept of this concept he calls." Brand-realism "and presents it in a specially written manifesto manifesto in an ironic form describes the role of brands in modern life. equating the role of the brand of choice for the person choosing them his own nature ", - the official website of the gallery.

 

The group "Leningrad", and so is quite well-known in Russia, gained even more popularity after the video "Exhibit" that looked on YouTube over 89 million people. At the same time, the band's latest music video "In Peter - drink", which scored more than 22 million views, angered some members who want to check it on the propaganda of extremism. To attract attention and behavior Shnurova, many resent the fact that he was swearing in songs, and recently it was fined for smoking on stage.

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